Day Minus Two: Introduction

In two days, I start a two-and-a-half-month trip that will take me through nine countries, starting European and finishing with Central Asia (a.k.a. “Stanland”) and Russia. Although I’m looking forward to showing off my passport afterwards — and am in some danger of becoming that person who starts every other sentence with, “When I was in [name of country]” — I’m writing this blog so I can share more of my real experiences (and so everyone doesn’t think that I went to Tajikistan and was never heard from again).